"... OF FINE THRILLS AND QUIVERINGS TO THE TOES"

Abstract

"You must be kidding. Do something with it?" "String and feathers? No, it can't be true!" "What are we supposed to do with them?" These were the initial stunned reactions with which my students greeted their assignment at our first meeting in September. I had divided my class into groups of five or seven members and presented each group with a bag containing not more than three basic items such as string, feathers, styrofoam, exposed film, and broken glass.